Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 19, 2000

Name: Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 19, 2000
Start: 2000-05-19T16:10
End: 2000-05-19T22:30
Location: Texas

May 19, 2000 · NWS EWX · 11 events in 6 counties and zones

5 tornado, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $200,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 11

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:09 UTC.

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Event by event

5 tornado, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Bexar

When: May 19, 4:10 PM CST to 4:15 PM CST
Where: Bexar County, 5 mi NW of San Antonio
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 29.467, -98.567

Flash Flood, Kerr

When: May 19, 5:30 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Kerr County, Kerrville
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 30.062, -99.350 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Rainfall accumulations in the Kerrville area of nearly 3 inches in one hour caused very brief flash flooding in the city.

Thunderstorm Wind, Zavala

When: May 19, 6:30 PM CST to 6:40 PM CST
Where: Zavala County, 3 mi E of Batesville
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 28.950, -99.567

Severe thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and caused minor property damage just east of Batesville.

Hail, Medina

When: May 19, 6:38 PM CST to 6:40 PM CST
Where: Medina County, Castroville
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 29.350, -98.883

Tornado, Medina

When: May 19, 6:40 PM CST to 6:41 PM CST
Where: Medina County, 1 mi NE of Lacoste
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 29.317, -98.817

Members of the LaCoste police and fire departments reported seeing a wall cloud in the thunderstorm that approached the town from the west. As they watched, a small funnel appeared and began to dip downward. Trees in the way prevented their confirming a touchdown, but a later NWS survey indicated tornado damage as trees were blown down and crops were damaged from extreme eastern Medina County near LaCoste into extreme western Bexar County near Macdonna.

Tornado, Bexar

When: May 19, 6:41 PM CST to 6:45 PM CST
Where: Bexar County, 6 mi WNW of Macdona
Rating: F0
Path length: 2.8 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 29.367, -98.800

The small and brief tornado mentioned above in Medina County continued to knock over trees with damage to some power lines as it crossed the Bexar County line near Macdonna.

Tornado, Wilson

When: May 19, 7:05 PM CST to 7:07 PM CST
Where: Wilson County, 2 mi SW of La Vernia
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $80,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 29.333, -98.133

A small tornado struck a semi-rural area just southwest of the town of LaVernia. It damaged or destroyed several trees and caused damage to around a dozen homes. In a few cases, it pulled very large, old oak trees with diameters over two feet out of the ground. An NWS survey revealed that the tornado was apparently lifting up and touching down along much of its half-mile path.

Tornado, Medina

When: May 19, 7:35 PM CST to 7:36 PM CST
Where: Medina County, 2 mi S of Devine
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 29.117, -98.917

A very small and short-lived tornado was observed by officers from the Department of Public Safety in an open area just south of Devine. It caused no known damage.

Tornado, Bexar

When: May 19, 7:50 PM CST
Where: Bexar County, San Antonio
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $40,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 29.417, -98.500

A small tornado was observed by the public as it touched down in a residential area near the intersection of Zarzamora and US90. The tornado missed homes in the area, but destroyed around 20 trees.

Flash Flood, Bexar

When: May 19, 8:20 PM CST to 9:30 PM CST
Where: Bexar County, South Portion
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 29.449, -98.520 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Rainfall of 3 to 4 inches in just over two hours caused brief, but widespread flooding over the southern part of Bexar County. Flash flooding was reported in the city of San Antonio.

Flash Flood, Atascosa

When: May 19, 9:45 PM CST to 10:30 PM CST
Where: Atascosa County, North Portion
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 28.894, -98.527 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Rainfall of up to 4 inches in around two hours caused widespread flooding over the northern part of Atascosa County. Many of the roads in Atascosa County were also closed.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5145208, 5145209, 5145210, 5145211, 5145291, 5145292, 5143961, 5143962, 5143965, 5143963, 5143964.